Artist talk & Panel, Star-gazing, and Closing Reception of Lightspace Exhibition

Please join us for the closing reception of our exhibition: Lightspace: Zuyva Sevilla and the Albuquerque Astronomical Society. Astrophotography by Christopher Mauche and Joey Troy

In this panel discussion, we will explore the processes used to make these unique artworks and photographs as well as the ideas behind those processes. The works on display illuminate and reveal imagery and subject matter that is ever present, but not visible to the naked eye. We will talk about what it means to the artists to make images of things that would not typically be seen and if/how this connects to broader ideas and questions about spirituality and mystery that often emerge in explorations of physics and the cosmos. The discussion will be led by co-curators Chandler Wigton and Lacey Chrisco. After the discussion please join us for a session of star-gazing with Joey Troy and his telescope!

About the Exhibition:
Lightspace explores the overlap between art and science. The exhibition celebrates diverse approaches to image-making that overlap in process and imagery. Sevilla’s lightbox works draw from an understanding of physics and the behavior of photons (the units that comprise what we call light and behave as both a particle and a wave) and are created through layering digital simulation of photons. Mauche and Troy’s images of space also utilize image layering to create enhanced visions of the night skies we are accustomed to seeing. In many astrophotography images included in this exhibition, capturing the detail and colors present in the photographs required layering multiple(sometimes over 100) long-exposure images. Together, the works on display honors light in its purest form and invites us to consider the awesomeness and grandeur of the universe.